The National Transportation Safety Board in the US is sending a team of investigators to look into Thursday's fatal train crash in New Jersey.
One person died and around 75 were injured when a commuter train ploughed into a station in Hoboken, just outside New York City.
The NTSB Vice Chair Bella Dinh-Zarr [DIN ZAR] explained the board's immediate priorities:
IN: Our TDA specialists...
OUT: ...the accident today
DUR: 24 seconds
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OUT: ...look at carefully
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One person died and around 75 were injured when a commuter train ploughed into a station in Hoboken, just outside New York City.
The NTSB Vice Chair Bella Dinh-Zarr [DIN ZAR] explained the board's immediate priorities:
IN: Our TDA specialists...
OUT: ...the accident today
DUR: 24 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0929ntsb1.mp3
The NTSB Vice Chair Bella Dinh-Zarr [DIN ZAR] said that the Positive Train Control system or PTC, which is meant to automatically adjust a train's speed, will be a factor in the investigation, as will previous accidents in the area including one in 2011:
The NTSB Vice Chair Bella Dinh-Zarr [DIN ZAR] said that the Positive Train Control system or PTC, which is meant to automatically adjust a train's speed, will be a factor in the investigation, as will previous accidents in the area including one in 2011:
IN: That was a...
OUT: ...look at carefully
DUR: 19 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0929ntsb2.mp3